Prosecutors pressured AIPAC to cut off two employees charged with dealing in classified information, lawyers said in a motion to dismiss the case. The brief filed Tuesday alleges that prosecutors conditioned their decision to drop an investigation of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee on AIPAC’s agreement to fire Steve Rosen, the group’s foreign policy director, and its Iran analyst, Keith Weissman, and to stop paying the pair’s lawyers.
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